On Eagle's Wings is an excellent collection of spiritual and gospel songs as sung by Michael Crawford, star of The Phantom of the Opera. Not all of the songs are strictly religious -- rather, they're moving pieces with a spiritual undertow. Everything is tied together by Crawford's gorgeous voice, which helps make On Eagle's Wings a disc to remember.
Paul Potts' debut album, One Chance, was aptly named, capturing the remarkable circumstances of the former phone salesman's rise to fame during his time on the reality competition show Britain's Got Talent. The album's music also fit Potts' newfound stardom: a mix of light opera, pop and rock songs given the aria treatment, show tunes, and Christmas carols, it was designed to appeal to the widest possible audience while nodding to his passion for opera. Passione, One Chance's follow-up, indulges Potts' first love a little more while keeping the populist bent of his debut.
Luciano Pavarotti wasb orn in Modena, Italy, in 1935, Pavarotti initially trained to become a goalkeeper, and was known as a devoted fan of Juventus. At the age of 19 he gave up his sporting ambitions and turned to music instead. By the early 60s Pavarotti was performing in opera houses as a tenor and winning acclaim as a superb young talent. He travelled the world and in 1972 made a breakthrough in America with a New York performance that inspired 17 curtain calls. He began to appear on national TV shows and his recordings frequently sold to gold or platinum success.
